JAL First Class Lounge: NRT or HND?
May 19, 2018, 6:20 pm
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May 19, 2018, 11:51 pm
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May 20, 2018, 12:16 am
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May 21, 2018, 3:51 pm
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Just had a flight yesterday out of NRT in F and loved the speedy checkin and zipped through security in what was probably record time. I arrived a bit early so the lounge was pretty empty and it filled up as the afternoon went on. The sushi bar was great and probably the best egg I ever had and the flounder/salmon melted in my mouth. There were also some other buffet choices not a whole lot but a few and I had some of the beef curry with rice. Good views of the tarmac and the staff was quick to clean up. Had some champagne and wine and there were a couple of different sake choices as well. Its not The Pier with first class dining but the sushi bar goes a long way to making up for that.
May 21, 2018, 6:52 pm
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Just had a flight yesterday out of NRT in F and loved the speedy checkin and zipped through security in what was probably record time. I arrived a bit early so the lounge was pretty empty and it filled up as the afternoon went on. The sushi bar was great and probably the best egg I ever had and the flounder/salmon melted in my mouth. There were also some other buffet choices not a whole lot but a few and I had some of the beef curry with rice. Good views of the tarmac and the staff was quick to clean up. Had some champagne and wine and there were a couple of different sake choices as well. Its not The Pier with first class dining but the sushi bar goes a long way to making up for that.
cx wont be able to make that happen (aex to lounge)
May 21, 2018, 10:32 pm
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May 21, 2018, 10:35 pm
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Mar 24, 2019, 4:06 am
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You will have some kind of access to the domestic lounge only. But I can't provide more detail without the itinerary. Please use a new thread, newbie lounge thread, or any of the existing thread that is related lounge access if you want to provide followup info.
Mar 24, 2019, 4:07 am
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Mar 25, 2019, 2:50 pm
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Yep I would have flown out of HND but it was a morning flight and I wanted to have ample time on my last day and enjoy the lounge fully which required me to go to NRT. If I could have done an evening flight from HND I'd have jumped on it. Still with the airport express train NRT isn't that bad.